Ask the Small Claims Court to Order Financial Disclosure

About the CourtFormPrep Program

The CourtFormPrep program will help you fill out a form. This form asks the court to order the other party to provide more information about their financial situation.

This program will produce a Motion for Financial Disclosure Hearing. You should only use this form after you won a small claims judgment from the court and it’s been more than 30 days without being paid.

You should use this interview if:

you have an order from small claims court that says another person or business has to pay you money, and

it has been more than 30 days since the judgment and you have not been paid, and

you want to ask the court to enforce the order.

After accepting your motion, the court sends a form to the other party to ask for their financial information. The court sets a hearing to determine if and how the money can be collected from the other party. You can attend this hearing. At the hearing, you may find out that the other party has income that the court can’t garnish or collect, such as Social Security or other public benefits. The hearing will help you decide whether it is worth continuing to try to collect the money.

Information Checklist

Before you start, you will need:

a copy of the judgment from the court

the name and address of the person or company that owes you money

the amount of money you are owed

Small claims court is designed for people who are representing themselves. You can hire a lawyer if you want to, but you are not required to hire a lawyer. If you decide to represent yourself in small claims court, you can get more information about what you will need to do and how small claims court works by reading: